List of Welling United F.C. seasons

Welling United Football Club are an English football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley. Club was founded in 1963 and began as a youth team playing in local league football on a park pitch, which gradually expanded and began playing Saturday football in the London Spartan League in 1977. Welling United currently play in the National League.

Key

Key to league record Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Average home attendance[1][lower-alpha 1]
												Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1977–78	London Spartan League		30	15	4	11	45	39	6	34	6th of 16[2] Transferred			-	-	-	-
1978–79	Athenian League	7	36	17	9	10	60	46	14	43	7th of 19[3]			QR1	0-0-1	-	-
1979–80	Athenian League	7	38	20	7	11	86	46	40	47	5th of 20[4]			QR4	4-1-1	-	-
1980–81	Athenian League	7	38	19	8	11	62	48	14	46	7th of 20[5] Promoted			QR2	1-0-1	-	-
1981–82	Southern Football League Southern Division	6	46	19	13	14	70	48	22	51	8th of 24 Transferred[lower-alpha 2]			QR2	1-3-1	-	-
1982–83	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	38	21	6	11	63	40	23	69	3rd of 20			QR2	1-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1983–84	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	38	15	7	16	61	61	0	52	12th of 20			QR1	0-0-1	R2	2-1-1
1984–85	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	38	18	11	9	55	38	17	65	6th of 20			QR3	2-0-1	R3	3-2-1
1985–86	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	38	29	6	3	95	31	64	93	1st of 20 Promoted			QR3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1
1986–87	Football Conference	5	42	10	10	22	61	94	-22	40	20th of 22 Reprieved[lower-alpha 3]	Gary Abbott	23	R1	4-1-1	R2	1-0-1	704
1987–88	Football Conference	5	42	11	9	22	50	72	-22	42	19th of 22			R2	5-1-1	R1	1-0-1	873
1988–89	Football Conference	5	40	14	11	15	45	46	-1	53	11th of 21			R3	3-2-1	QF	4-2-1	1,017
1989–90	Football Conference	5	42	18	10	14	62	50	12	64	6th of 22	Terry Robbins	17	R2	2-4-1	R2	1-1-1	1,107
1990–91	Football Conference	5	42	13	15	14	55	57	-2	54	11th of 22	Terry Robbins	18	R1	1-0-1	R3	2-0-1	986
1991–92	Football Conference	5	42	14	12	16	69	79	-10	54	12th of 22	Terry Robbins	29	R1	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1	840
1992–93	Football Conference	5	42	12	12	18	57	72	-15	48	20th of 22	Terry Robbins	19	QR4	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	947
1993–94	Football Conference	5	42	13	12	17	47	49	-2	51	16th of 22	Terry Robbins	17	QR1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	967
1994–95	Football Conference	5	42	13	10	19	57	74	-17	49	17th of 22			QR2	1-0-1	R2	1-2-1	739
1995–96	Football Conference	5	42	10	15	17	42	53	-11	45	19th of 22			QR2	1-2-1	R2	1-1-1	615
1996–97	Football Conference	5	42	13	9	20	50	60	-10	48	18th of 22	Lennie Dennis	21	R1	4-0-1	R2	1-1-1	714
1997–98	Football Conference	5	42	17	9	16	64	62	2	60	10th of 22	Mark Cooper	18	QR2	1-1-1	R2	0-1-1	709
1998–99	Football Conference	5	42	9	14	19	44	65	-21	41	20th of 22 Reprieved[lower-alpha 4]			R1	2-0-1	R2	0-0-1	682
1999–2000	Football Conference	5	42	13	8	21	54	66	-12	47	20th of 22 Relegated	Ritchie Hanlon	12	R1	1-0-1	R3	1-0-1	737
2000–01	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	17	13	12	59	55	4	64	4th of 22			QR4	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1	546
2001–02	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	13	12	17	69	66	3	51	15th of 22			R1	3-1-1	R4	2-0-1	516
2002–03	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	13	12	17	55	58	−3	51	15th of 22			QR3	1-1-1	R1	0-1-1	570
2003–04	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	16	8	18	56	58	−2	56	9th of 22 Transferred[lower-alpha 5]			QR4	1-3-1	R2	1-0-1	597
2004–05	Conference South	6	42	15	7	20	64	68	−4	52	16th of 22	Paul Booth	19	QR2	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	567
2005–06	Conference South	6	42	16	17	9	58	44	+14	65	9th of 22	Danny Kedwell	19	R1	3-0-1	R3	3-0-1	606
2006–07	Conference South	6	42	21	6	15	65	51	+14	69	8th of 22	Danny Kedwell	19	QR4	2-2-1	QF	4-2-1	566
2007–08	Conference South	6	42	13	7	22	41	64	−23	46	16th of 22	Omari Coleman	8	QR3	1-0-1	QR3	0-0-1	526
2008–09	Conference South	6	42	19	11	12	61	44	+17	68	7th of 22	Charlie Sheringham	19	QR2	0-1-1	R2	2-1-1	640
2009–10	Conference South	6	42	18	9	15	66	51	+15	63	9th of 22	Lee Clarke	16	QR3	1-0-1	R1	1-0-1	538
2010–11	Conference South	6	42	24	8	10	81	47	+34	75[lower-alpha 6]	6th of 22	Andy Pugh	17	QR2	0-0-1	R1	1-1-1	651
2011–12	Conference South	6	42	24	9	9	79	47	+32	81	3rd of 22 Lost in PO Final	Andy Pugh	15	QR2	0-0-1	R1	1-1-1	676
2012–13	Conference South	6	42	26	8	8	90	44	+46	86	1st of 22 Promoted	Ross Lafayette	19	QR4	2-2-1	R3	3-0-1	615
2013–14	Conference Premier	5	46	16	12	18	59	61	−2	60	16th of 24	Ross Lafayette	16	R2	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1	811
2014–15	Conference Premier	5	46	11	12	23	52	73	−21	45	20th of 24	Harry Beautyman	10	QR4	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	727
2015–16	National League[lower-alpha 7]	5	46								of 24			R2	2-1-1	R2	1-0-1

1. Average home attendance = for league games only
2. At the end of the season a single Premier Division was formed at the top of the Southern Football League with regionalized Midland and Southern divisions below. Welling United qualified to get a place in the Premier Division.
3. Club reprieved after Nuneaton Borough were relegated due to financial irregularities.
4. Club reprieved after Barrow were relegated due to entering administration.
5. At the end of the season Conference North and South were formed above the Southern Football League. Welling United qualified to get a place in newly created divisions.
6. Deducted 5 points for financial irregularities.
7. At the end of the previous season Conference was renamed as the National League.

References

1. "English non-league attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
2. "FCHD archive". Retrieved 3 March 2016.
3. "1978–79 Athenian League season". FCHD. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
4. "1979–80 Athenian League season". FCHD. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
5. "1980–81 Athenian League season". FCHD. Retrieved 3 March 2016.